What is the purpose of the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Why is it needed? PLEASE: Support us Like this video if you found it useful. When should the President release oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve? Oil Market Analyst Guarav Sharma comments. USA Presidents have opted to have reserves of oil in case there is an oil shortage; it dates the times of the oil embargo when the USA had a conflict over Israel.
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